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RISC is an educational charity and a non profit making organisaton and website, the sole purpose of carrying and promoting these links and cuttings is education and the promotion of informed debate on global issues. We always credit all source material.

Worldwatch
Worldwatch publish environmetal data, well researched and highly readable reports and are an authority on many key issues; they even advise the chinese governemtn on renewable energy policy!
The Guardian
A leading left leaning UK national newspaper - with an excellent website

BBC
Dont underestimate the BBC website, and excellent source of information on global isues

Grist Magazine
Environment news and humour US on line magazine

Oxfam
The international development and relief organisation is also a great source of news and information

Red Pepper
Left leaning, very green focussed magazine - published in UK

All Africa
News feeds from all over the copntinent

Kubatana.net
News feeds, weblogs from Zimbabwe

Environmental News Network
with an archive over over 40,000 articles, an excellent source of information

New York Times
Worth keeping an eye on, for liberal american view on things

The New Internationalist

One World On-Line News Agency

George Monbiot

Leading environmental journalist

Reading Room

list of sources of articles used in the Reading room.

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Daily Kos
Liberal US News blog, with excellent links. Lots of righteous indignation

Think Progress
A non partisan US forum aimed at promoting progressive ideas and policies

Open Democracy
openDemocracy.net is an online global magazine of politics and culture. 'We publish clarifying debates which help people make up their own minds.'